Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833

The predominance of the figures of trees, plants, and flowers among these fantastical creations, gives to the whole grotto the appearance of a petrified garden; but it was no sl...

[Sidenote: MUSTER OF THE CREW.] In the evening we had a general muster, and I am confident very few ships ever possessed a finer company than the Actaeon. Really it was a gallan...

At half past eleven we were enlivened by the distant sounds of "Zitti, Zitti," played by a military band; and in a short time afterwards a regiment marched by the coffee-house i...

[Sidenote: SEVEN TOWERS.] This spectacle, which had all the air of enchantment, was seen to great advantage from the quay at Terapia. It continued to a late hour; and the inhabi...

[Sidenote: JEW INTERPRETERS.] Their neighbour, however, makes ample amends for the taciturnity of both. He is a Greek, and you may hear him at the other extremity of the bazar....

We now ascended into the upper and lower galleries; in the former of which the Greek women performed their devotions, and the men in the latter. Two doors, one on either side of...

[Sidenote: KING OF GREECE.] Shortly after our arrival, the officers of health came alongside, and informed us we were destined to seven days' quarantine. Of these, the day we le...

[Sidenote: EXCURSION TO THE BLACK SEA.] _Saturday, 15th._--It being arranged that the steam-boat should make an excursion into the Black Sea, some of the officers and myself wen...

"Our sovereign remained during the whole time, so perfectly did he relish and enter into the entertainments we had provided for him. Next day, I received a magnificent present o...

[Sidenote: MOSQUE OF SOLIMANIE.] The first object to which he conducted us was the mosque of Solimanie, the largest and most elegant in Stamboul; though it does not possess the...

In consequence of its having been decided that the boat was to go to Alicata, Girgenti, and Palermo, I arranged with one of the passengers to take a felucca and sail direct for...

[Sidenote: TURKISH FLEET.] A royal salute was fired as we passed the summer palace of Dolma Bashi, where the Sultan at present resides. It was immediately returned by the Mahmou...

[Sidenote: GRAVE OF TWEDDEL.] We next visited what is called Demosthenes's Lantern, situated close to a ruined house, formerly the Franciscan convent. Mr. Finlay and some others...

[Sidenote: THE SHOE BAZAAR.] We next went through the shoe bazaar, where are arranged thousands of pairs of slippers and boots, some of yellow, others of red morocco, and of all...

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[4] "About 170 yards distant from the warm springs of the Scamander, towards the west, the cold sources are found, throwing out a considerable quantity of water from many openin...